I think there are two possible answers to the first question- whatever disease made the women infertile could have impacted only women- and in a patriarchal society the failure to conceive is entirely on the woman. Even here, in the US, when my sil was trying to get pregnant, she gave up everything- alcohol, late…

The Industrial Revolution, pretty much? The book was written in 1985, acid rain and smog were regular occurrences. Things have gotten better due to environmental regulations in our world, but not Gilead. The book isn’t clear as to how pollution got so bad, maybe there were no laws, like the Clean Air Act, that forced…

It gets really annoying sometimes. I’ve been on ward rounds where the female consultant (after introducing herself and making it clear that she’s the one in charge) gets ignored by patients and relatives in favour of the male registrar, or even the male F1 (brand new baby doctor). My male colleagues get addressed as…

I know they do — that’s why you have men who commit “soft rapes” or general boundary violations or whatever people think isn’t “as bad” as “real rapes” over and over and over again, often escalating the violence in their attacks as they become more emboldened. Because they’re rarely held accountable. You think the…

It would stump a surprising number of people. I am constantly addressed as “Nurse” by patients after I have introduced myself as a doctor (not that nurses aren’t amazing, but there is definitely still a perception at female = nurse).

Less respect and less pay! We are living the dream!

This happened 2 blocks away from my apartment. The 94 is awful. They do not give a shit at all. This seems like a way to blame the victim and shame her into shutting up so their stats can stay good. There’s a lot of bougie shit here now but there are also a lot of old time neighborhood people too. And the police do…

I’m sorry, Bobby, but if you cannot see the direct and clear way these stories are interconnected, then you have no business writing for this site. #Illuminati

The shape makes sense. The poses and the ad copy, not so much.

You need to check out the Globe and mail’s coverage of how rape victims are treated by the police in different regions and why rape charges are not pursued. How police talk to victims in a way that causes them to doubt their own experience.

Because it was a riddle that dated from before your parents were born, when society was radically different and female surgeons were even more rare. They still are: over 80% of working surgeons in the US are male despite there being gender parity in doctors choosing to specialize in surgery for the past 10 years.…

I love that you’re calling out Landau on this garbage. As a physician, allow me to answer the headline question: *ahem* the difference between a male doctor and a female doctor is the amount of respect you garner from colleagues and the public for the exact same amount of work.

No, you almost never can, unless the victim is a perfect, virginal, blameless in every way, cookie-cutter victim. And that’s a big problem.

I see what you’re getting at, but this makes more sense when talking about murder, not rape. Just because someone rapes a person they know (aka “acquaintance rape / date rape”), or because they didn’t jump out of the bushes with a knife to commit the assault, doesn’t mean they won’t do it to someone else again.…

it’s weird how we compartmentalise.

Yeah, no. There would be no reason to add the word “true” to “stranger rapes” unless you think that acquaintance rape is somehow less “true.”

This is why we have to focus on OVERT “yes means yes” consent.

See, the fact that she said she was no longer sure it was nonconsensual on the SECOND interview is enough to convince me that she probably “changed her story” after the cops treated her like a suspect and badgered her relentlessly about whether it was really rape or if she “consented.”

Also, if the person whose consent is being questioned isn’t sure if they consented.....THEY DIDN’T FUCKING CONSENT.

It’s awfully convenient that confusion and shame after a severe trauma is the “reason” this crime often goes unpunished.